Malbec - Pasqual Toso

Monday, 7 pm, just finished dinner. I actually cleaned allthe snow from the deck, started the grill, cooked a couple of pok tenderloins. While nursing the tenderloin I opened a bottle of Pasqual Toso, Malbec, from Argentina. Not expensive wine, $ 9.00 a bottle, excellent bouquet, lots of berries, a deep red and good body. The temperature outside was 28 F but felt quite nice. Christine lives close to the Airport so I enjoy seeing the departures, lots of airplanes, they average one departure per minute. As the meat cooked on the grill Ms. Peggy coordinated the mash potates, ecuadorian style, the sparagus and the bread. Christine and Rudy really enjoyed the home cooking. Diego is doing well, eats a lot so he is keeping Christine busy. The dogs are really enjoying the snow and have learned to look for rabbits. Just a minute I need a taste of this nice malbec.......I told Peggy that we need to go back to the liquor store before going back to Texas and get a few more bottles of this good wine. We went to the grocery store and bought lots of ingridients. Peggy is planning to do lots of cooking to leave in the freezer for Christine and family. I bought all the ingridients for pico de gallo and also planning to cook a good pasta with pesto dressing. Minneapolis has a great grocery store chain. I got involved in tasting some good cheeses, and some mermalades such as "membrillo". You have to try this, it is typical of latin america. Peggy had to pull me away from the counter otherwise I was goign to buy all the cheese in the store. More to come in the next few days....

Diego is home

Christine, Rudy and Diego arrived home at noon today. Grandparents Peggy and Gus worked hard at cleaning all the snow from the driveway. Gus made use of the snow blower but soon had to turn into using the snow shovel. He found out that since the temperature was going above 32 degree F the blower wsa not able to blow slush. Never the less, it was good exercise and the driveway got clean. The troops are resting, a few cries from Diego made the dogs realize that there is somebody else in the house. They have no gotten to see Diego yet. They soon will. The backyard is still white and we assumed that it will not change much the rest of the week. Temperatures are expected to stay in the low 30's, snow is suppose to fall Wednesday and Thursday but not in the quantities that we had this past weekend. Friday is supposed to be nice so we expect good weather for our return to Texas. The neighbors are being nice, there is a big flag/sign in front of the house that says "It is a boy". This was placed by one of the neighbors. There are also a few balloons.

Snowing in Minneapolis

It is 10:15 am and looking thorugh the window at the Fairview Hospital the snow is coming down heavely. Listening to Strauss's Blue Danube and Diego crying makes life worth living. Mom is settling down and feeling much better today. Dad is learning more and more about taking care of Diego, grandmother is holding Diego on her arms and talking to him. I am sure that by now Diego recognizes grandmother's voice.

From Diego

We woke upfind out that about 12 inches of snow have fallen last night. It is coooooled here in Minneapolis on Sunday. I promptly took the dogs out. Ours are stillin shock since they have no experience with snow. They can not understand how the green color of grass has changed to white and why their paws get full of blocks of snow. They will get used to it. Then I started the power blower and cleaned up the front of the house, sidewalk and garage entry. Not much help since the street is full of snow and we can not go anywhere. We have not talked to Christine, Rudy or Diego yet but we will.

Grandson

I am in Minneapolis with my wife Peggy. We came here on Wednesday the 21st to be present for the birth of our first granchild. In fact, Diego was born yesterday morning at 8:04. My daughter, Christine allowed me to be in the delivery room. It was a great experience. Diego weighted 7 lbs, 14 oz, and measured 21 inches.

Today 30 hours plus the room is peacefull at times, and full of noise, crying, at other times. Rudy, Diego's father has learned inmediately to take care of his newborn son. Prior to today, Rudy's attention was mainly focus on his computer, however today his attention is mainly on his son and his wife. Quite a change. Mother nature sure takes care of setting priorities.

Grandmother, Peggy, can't stop from smiling and is taking care of Christine, Diego and Rudy.